The Quest for a 'National' Nationalism
The Quest for a 'National' Nationalism
Lauraine Twilley
, Barry Kazimer
, Deb Philippon
, Linda Leitch
, Marilyn Stanley
, Rhona Brinkman
, Rhona Brinkman
, Rhona Brinkman
, Rhona Brinkman
, Jude Castillo
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, phebe Adewumi
, Margo Beredjiklian
, cassandra schiemann
, Meradith Anderson
, Paula Adam
, P. Thompson
, Manuel Vizcaya-Lois
, Holly Elisabeth
, LJ Law
, Patricia Johnson
, Noelle Walsh
, Sarah Cotnam
, Karen Nordrum
, Remi Gunn
, Tami Osato
, Alex Naquin
, Margaret Elson
, Margaret Elson
, Shane Birley
, Karen Kendrick
, Joann Horgan
, Andrea Hyde
, Rachel Edmonds
, Sara Conway
, Catherine Kelly-Brown
, Margaret Lindo
, Debbie Youngman
, M M English
, jane luce
, Vicki Bedford
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Catherine Macdonald
, Mary Lester
, Linda MacIntyre
, Stephen Azzi
, Patricia Johnson
, Randi Ann Doll
, Mairi Lester
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Lynn Hallson
, Katelynn Watts
, Heather Belliveau
, Emily Zb
, Janice Cournoyer
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Charles Leblanc
, Benita Hartwell
, Pat Johnston
, Robert Hykawy
, Paula Ritchie
, Jerry Doucet
, Cherryl Koylass
, Chris Lantz
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Wanda Brine
, Kathy Baker
, Elaine Baptie
, maria blanco
, Leslie Vermeer
, Val Ross
, Mary Danieli
, Kathleen Mary Kilmer
, John Bell
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In his 2018 Pratt Lecture, The Quest for a ‘National’ Nationalism, renowned author and critic George Elliott Clarke investigates E.J. Pratt’s poetic attempt to become the epic poet of Canada. And while Pratt’s epic poems, such as Brebeuf and His Brethren and Towards the Last Spike, stand as lofty poetic achievements, the poet is never able to escape his own identity and speak convincingly for all Canadians. Unable to speak for Francophones, Indigenous peoples, and People of Colour, Pratt becomes the epic poet of the establishment, but never truly of the people.
The Pratt Lectures were established in 1968 to commemorate the legacy of E.J. Pratt. Over the years, the series has hosted a litany of world-renowned authors and scholars, including Northrop Frye, Seamus Heaney, Helen Vendler, and Dionne Brand.
